Jane Mayer on #Robert_Mercer & the #Dark_Money Behind #Trump and #Bannon's Radical Vision
We look at Robert Mercer, the man who is said to have out-Koched the #Koch_brothers in the 2016 election.
The #secretive billionaire #hedge_fund tycoon, along with his #daughter #Rebekah, is credited by many with playing an #instrumental role in Donald #Trump’s election.
"The #Mercers laid the #groundwork for the Trump #revolution," Trump’s chief strategist #Stephen_Bannon said. "Irrefutably, when you look at donors during the past four years, they have had the single biggest impact of anybody, including the Kochs."
Before Bannon and #Kellyanne_Conway joined the Trump campaign, both worked closely with the Mercers.
The Mercers #bankrolled Bannon’s Breitbart News, as well as some of Bannon’s film projects.
#Conway ran a #Super_PAC created by the Mercers to initially back the candidacy of #Ted_Cruz.
While the Mercers have helped reshape the American political landscape, their work has all been done from the #shadows.
To talk more about the Mercers, we speak with #Jane_Mayer, staff writer at The New Yorker.
Her latest piece is headlined "The #Reclusive Hedge-Fund Tycoon Behind the Trump Presidency:
How Robert Mercer #exploited America’s populist insurgency."
She is also author of "#Dark_Money:
The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the #Rise of the #Radical_Right," which just came out in paperback.
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